Long-term results of replantation of the proximal forearm following avulsion amputation

Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-298

  Atzei, Andrea ^a,b   Pignatti, Marco ^a   Baldrighi, Carla Maria ^a   Maranzano, Massimo ^a   Cugola, Landing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; LIMB REPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL SCALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 22144481371     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20131     Document Type: Article

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